Chapter 180: Capital (5)

Let Lorraine help him roast a piece of corn, and Huang Xuan peeled the brown grains and ate them while observing the people around him.

The president of Standard Chartered's personal banking group should have arrived in the afternoon, and it is not only the reputation of Standard Chartered that he was able to receive the news so quickly. Mr. Dinoma should have a good relationship with one of the gentlemen present.

Ellison has a good temper and is a little unremarkable, but he knows many of the people in the room, and the capitalists who made their fortunes in Silicon Valley have close ties with the major banks, and on the one hand, the banks make a lot of money from them, and on the other hand, these Silicon Valley technology stocks also get a lot of capital investment to survive.

Xie Hao is obviously more familiar with the politicians in Florida, as the sheikh of Dubai, in terms of expanding Dubai's influence, Mohammed spared no effort, he built the world island, seven-star hotels, his Dali Racecourse let tens of millions of Americans know Dubai, he talked with the President of the United States affectionately, but in the American business community, his influence is far from enough, it can be seen from Rubin's attitude towards him, even if the former US Treasury Secretary still has the intention of entering politics, but still maintains a cautious distance from Xie Hao, at least, Rubin wouldn't have talked to Xie Hao alone, but he and Huang Xuan did.

Half of the bonfire burned and the light of the whole ball was dimmed, and the staff of Carlton Racecourse hung some dim red lights in the outermost circle of the banquet, and in the haze, it seemed that many secret transactions could be seen.

The gentlemen of the Boston consortium were talking to Bunker, and at the center was a nearly 60-year-old man, while Andrew and the others were just listening.

The Boston consortium and the Bank of America, which gave Huang Xuan some interesting associations.

Long ago, Bank of America was the financial core of the California consortium, which was merged by the Bank of Italy and the Bank of California America, and at the same time changed its name to the All-American National Trust and Savings Bank, which was once the largest commercial bank in the United States. However, in the last decade or so of the 20th century, the voting rights of Bank of America gradually became controlled by the Morgan consortium and the First Citibank consortium – which meant that the California consortium would need the nod of the Morgan consortium and Citigroup if it wanted to rely on Bank of America for financing.

Of course, it can also be understood that the strength of the California consortium itself is decreasing, but the relationship with the eastern consortium such as the Morgan consortium and First Citigroup is gradually getting closer.

It is also a matter of course to say that the Boston consortium wants to borrow money from the Bank of America, they have long relied on financial capital in the east, but Huang Xuan remembered Rubin very playfully.

Citibank indirectly controls Bank of America, and the Boston consortium wants financial support, it can go directly to talk to Rubin 50 meters away, and standing with Bunker on such an occasion makes it easy to think of the California consortium, which is currently one of the majority shareholders of Bank of America.

Both consortia lack financial capital, both are industrial and mining consortia, and if they really unite, it seems that it will be difficult to bring complementary advantages, unless there is a new consortium to support it.

First Citi? Huang Xuan was taken aback by his boldness, if these three consortia were united, even the Morgan consortium would have to retreat, but how could it be so easy to combine with each other? That's about $100 billion in equity.

At this moment, Lorraine said in a very mechanical voice: "I found something that interests you, do you want to check it out?" ”

"Tell me about it." Huang Xuan subconsciously drank wine, he rarely thought about things so seriously, but once he thought about it, it was difficult to suppress it.

"The Boston consortium paid $3 billion to acquire an 18% stake in Lockheed."

Lockheed is the traditional holding company of the California consortium, but over the years, this veteran arms dealer that once produced the F16, F104, F117 and the Space Shuttle Enterprise has gradually been controlled by the Eastern consortium, so a natural question arises, Huang Xuan looked at Rubin and asked in a suppressed voice: "Who sold these shares to the Boston consortium?" ”

"A Wall Street investment firm called EC." A small company with a small name.

"Who sold it to EC?"

"Do you need me to look it up?"

Of course, Lorraine could not search all the information indefinitely, that would be a waste of too many resources, and there was so much information every day.

"Yes."

Huang Xuan nodded, and at this time, Xie Hao, as the master, came over, gently clinked glasses with Huang Xuan, and said, "Without the company of beauties, your interest is not high." ”

Xie Hao rarely has an interpreter by his side, but he is always accompanied by a short bodyguard, and his face is not strong, but his finger bones are thick and his skin is rough, and he looks like he has been trained.

Huang Xuan glanced at him, broke off half of the corn, handed it to him, and said, "I roasted it, taste it?" ”

The Arabs tend to eat roasted and fried objects, and the corn in Huang Xuan's hand looks pretty good, Muhammad smiled, took it, and said, "Mr. Huang, if you are interested in my first suggestion, maybe we can continue to talk." ”

That's a billion dollars in loans. Huang Xuan shook his head and smiled: "Do you think I can't get 10 billion US dollars?" ”

"Apparently you rejected Rubin's proposal for a bond issuance." Muhammad also laughed.

Who knows why the news spreads so quickly at such a banquet, and it is unclear why.

Huang Xuan looked at the corn in his hand and said: "If I borrow $10 billion from a bank, I will definitely become the front page of tomorrow's Wall Street Journal." ”

"Oh." Muhammad understood what he meant, but he just chatted casually, Huang Xuan broke off half of the corn in his hand and handed it to Xie Hao's strong bodyguard, who said "thank you" in very rusty English, but did not take it.

Huang Xuan put it on a clean plate on the table, pushed it to the other party, and then talked about horse racing, his questions were rudimentary, but they aroused Muhammad's interest.

About another 10 minutes passed, Blanshaw, the president of Paris Bar, couldn't help it, said "sorry" to the people around him, and walked over.

Xie Hao naturally knew him, but he was not familiar with him, Blanshaw just greeted him lightly, then turned his face to Huang Xuan, and said, "Mr. Huang, I heard that you are looking for a loan?" ”